These Indigenous Mexican women are reclaiming their power through
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Photographer Tania Barrientos shares the stories of midwives and leaders at Indigenous womens centers called CAMIs in Costa Chica de Guerrero, a coastal region in southwest México.
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These Indigenous Mexican women are reclaiming their power through ancestral practices
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